I started out as a broadcast journalist, but fate took its course when I literally fell in love at first sight with my husband of 33 years. I then taught school, of various subjects and age groups and now write about food, health, humor and life.

Friday, March 20, 2015

Is Going "Green" Still a Thing?

Is Going “Green” Still a Thing?

I’m not talking ecologically-although I try to buy green and
do the “3 R’s” as much as I am able.

What I’m talking about is the actual idea of wearing
green.This week was St. Patrick’s Day
and according to tradition we are supposed to “wear green or be pinched”.I don’t know about you, but I really hated
this as a kid.

I have olive toned skin which has a lot of yellow in
it.When I wear anything green I look
sickly.Someone once asked my mom if she
had had me checked for hepatitis!I kid
you not.

Green is NOT in my wardrobe.But now as an adult, I dare someone to try and pinch me.

Tuesday I expected to be the only one in Tai Chi not wearing
a drop of the Irish green in class.But
guess what?!Out of the 18 of us
there-only one person wore anything with green!After class I went across to Fry’s to get some grapes and blueberries
that were on sale-honest to Pete, I didn’t see anyone in the entire produce
section look as if they were worried about not hanging on to this particular
tradition either!

Is it just in our little rural town or is this happening
everywhere?

Just in case you’re all wondering, I really did try to at
least put something on that had maybe a little trim of the color.I took out an Ed Hardy tank top with roses on
it figuring that it would have a leaf or two-nope.I had pink, red, yellow and blue outlined in
black, but there wasn’t even a dot of green to be seen.

This is more than okay by me-just having the few yellow
roses on my top was enough to make me wonder if anyone was wondering if they
should “back away from the sick woman”.

This is a rather silly post but sometimes I just wonder
about the little things.

We received a cute picture of our grandson whose preschool took a picture of him and his classmates, all garbed in green. St. Patrick's and the wearing of green is big in some parts of Michigan anyway. More than a few Irish around.

nice that the entire class could get together on any color theme! Funny, here-it wasn't St. P's day, but our older boys had their school pictures taken w/ a VERY fall theme: trees with all kinds of orange/brown leaves. something that unless you're up in the mountain communities you are NOT going to see down here in Anthem.

About Me

I've always wanted to be a writer, so I'm doing that now! I started out doing broadcast journalism, fell in love at first sight and got married. I put aside my journalism career to raise our family and run a pre-school and day care business. After our kids were officially out of school-I decided to start free-lancing again. Much easier but less financially pleasing with the internet.

Hoping to be able to make a permanent go of writing, since I love the written word and the reaction it still gets.